pod person

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pod person

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From the science fiction novel The Body Snatchers (1955) and subsequent film adaptations, in which aliens use mysterious pods to grow replicas of humans that are perfect in every way except for their lack of personality.

noun pod people

  1. derogatory A conformist person, especially one who lacks personality or originality. If I hadn't known better, I would have sworn that aliens had stolen the real Jessica and replaced her with some pod person.

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@misc{pod_person_2026,
  title = {pod person},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pod%20person},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}